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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:32:11 -0500 (EST)
To: Lisa Hsu <lisashoe &AElig gmail.com>
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From: Yevgeniy Vorobeychik <yvorobey &AElig umich.edu>
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Hmm. On this level of abstraction, I certainly agree with you. I just 
don't think that's what it means to most people. This is why the "depends" 
option is key:)

Eugene

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Lisa Hsu wrote:

> i suppose this is a disagreement on level of abstraction. i don't think of
> feminism as a political movement. i mean, there are elements of
> politicalness to it, but at heart, i just think a feminist is just someone
> who is essentially a humanist. someone who thinks all people are people
> first, and equal under the eyes of god, if you believe in god. there are
> other kinds of feminists i suppose, who battle specifically in the war
> between men and women, but i'm more of the "by feminism, i mean a feminist
> thinks a woman is as much a person as a man. by corollary, all races are as
> much people as any other race, and any distinctions you might make between
> people does not ever make them any less human."
>
> which is why, painted in this light, i believe you can either be a feminist
> or a misogynist. it has nothing to do with methods or means in my mind, it's
> just a basic belief system.
>
> lisa
>